Metamorphosis

          All the chemicals of life are in a rock. Hydrogen and oxygen can be superheated from lava,
    producing steam and rain. Earth, fire and water, then make air. Is this not a miracle? From all
    the elements arise life. It's spark is lightning. This is science and Wiccan. To imagine a world
    created by chance is madness.
          An electric mist hung over the marsh grass. Elizabeth could feel every pour in her skin.
    She had snuc out to feel the night air. It was moist and cool. The wind whispered in the grasses.
    Elizabeth looked about nervously. She let her night gown slip off. Her body tensed and then
    "Does the lady wish to be naked?" a hollow voice creaked in a swaying weeping willow.
    Elizabeth grabbed her night gown and ran for the cabin.
          A circle of sparkling points of light spun about her. "Ah. Dear child you have fallen into
    a feary mist." the voices spoke as one. Elizabeth's night gown flew out of her hands.
    "I am going home." the young maid's voice trembled. "It is useless. You are in the mist."
    the voices giggled. She could feel their tiny bodies against her skin, like a hundred bee stings.
    A warmth filled her thighs. Her chastity was loss. "Should I be a simpleton and let this sweet
    meat pass?" the voices whispered.
          Elizabeth cried out; not to her husband, "I will not be your beast of burden!" The hair stood
    up on her neck. The lights drew back. She bared her fangs. Every cell, every fiber of her bone
    ached for blood and rath. She ran towards the cabin. The door swung open. It was her newlywed
    husband, "My dear?" His last words were ripped from his throat by his betrothed. Elizabeth roared
    at the full moon and ate her bloody kill.

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                                                        Guilty Conscience

          Her hunger was fed. Instinctively, she cleaned herself and gathered the remains.
    There were plenty of crocks and snappers that would take her left overs in the bayou.
    She scrubbed the wooden floor with bleach and water. The sun was rising. Elizabeth
    wonder what effect it would have on her. Everyone knows vampires can not stand the
    light of day. The birds began to sing. There was a soft breeze with a sweet aroma of
    honey suckle. She stood in the doorway and waited. .. .. The day had broke.
          There was no negative effect. She danced about on her toes on the grass.
    It was a good day. She was alive and gay. Elizabeth stooped down and picked up a
    foot. It was her husband's. How could she have been so careless? Quickly, she threw
    the foot into the lake. She felt fearful of discovery: "How do I explain my husbands
    disappearance?" Nothing remotely resembling a human conscience had entered her mind.
    Her instinct was only to survive. "Hi! Liz!" a familiar voice greeted her. It was Dick Wolf,
    a neighbor vacationing in a nearby cabin. "Where's Jay?" he queeried. She gave a
    Cheshire Cat smile, "Who? Oh, he took the boat and went fishing." They hugged.
    "Well, tell him he still owes me $12 from that cribbage. You look prettier every time I see you."
    Dick snapped his red and white suspenders. "I'm on a strict diet." she laughed. 
          Dick leaned his gaze forward, "I never noticed how large your canines are." He was
    a dentist and had cleaned Elizabeth's teeth. "Ha! I guess I'm a throw back." she giggled
    keeping her mouth closed. He placed his hands on her jaw and opened her mouth to
    get a closer look. "Those are fangs. Honey, did you get implants?" he stepped back.
    "I.. It's a Gothic look. What do you think?" she felt cornered and very strong. Dick stepped
    further back, "I have to buy some groceries. See you and Jay tonight?" She remembered the
    cribbage game rematch. "Yes! Were going to win!" Elizabeth raise her right hand in a fist
    playfully. Dick waved back as he walked swiftly away. She sensed he was suspicious, but
    was uncertain if she should dismember him in broad daylight. Her body tensed for a kill.
    She thought better of it. It was a beautiful day and she needed sometime to relax.

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                                                          Shopping

            Elizabeth liked to shop. She bought some shoes and a white and red poke a dot dress.
      And then, she went to the Parish Police. Officer Reine took her statement. "Miss Roucheunce.
      Your husband went missing last night and you have just notified us? You were on your honeymoon.
      And your husband went fishing? Miss Roucheunce do you have anything else to add to your
      statement?" Elizabeth felt nervous. "I was confused by husband's behavior." she added.
      "That is a lovely dress. Is this how you dress when your upset?" Officer Reine continued.
      Elizabeth smiled, trying not to show her fangs. "All right. We will look for your husband.
      You may go, but do not leave Jerusalem." the officer was skeptical. Elizabeth stood up quickly
      and shook the officer's hand. Officer Reine was startled by Elizabeth's fangs, "With teeth like
      that, I can see why your husband went fishing." Elizabeth smiled again and walked swiftly
      to the exit. Her new white heels clicked on the floor.
          Elizabeth's appetite had just jumped. The sun was setting. "Is this how vampires behave?"
      she wondered. Nothing she had imagined could explain her ravenous hunger for raw meat.
      Elizabeth tried to focus on turning the key in her Buick. Her eyes locked on a deer in the brush.
      She slid out from the car and slipped off her heels and dress. As if the world was floating in
      slow motion, she ran and leaped upon the deer's back, tearing it's throat out. She was covered
      in blood and just behind the Parish Police Station. "What to do? Water." she thought and
      spotted a hose at the back of the station. "Jesus." Officer Sage spotted Elizabeth.
      He ran inside. A few minutes later there were several officers surrounding Elizabeth with shot
      guns and pistols drawn. A truck sped up to the scene. An officer from animal control stepped out
      with a tranquilizer gun and fired a dart into Elizabeth's rump. She roared and leapt straight up the
      wall in front of her, then fell unconscious. "Oh, man. That's a 110 pounds at least." said officer
      Sage. Officer Reine looked closely at the panther's fangs, "Young. Teeth are clean."
      "Oh, my God." Reine held the head of the panther as it changed back to Elizabeth. Only the
      head had changed. "Sage! Take a picture!" Reine shouted. Sage got his cell phone out and
      snapped a pic. "This is Voodoo." Reine muttered and blessed herself. Elizabeth was carried
      into a cell in the police station. "She's mostly panther. You'd better keep her in a cage at animal
      control or she'll break the sink and toilet." Alex from animal control spoke softly. Reine shook
      her head no slowly, "She is a citizen and shall be accorded the rights of a citizen." As the evening
      passed and the sun rose Elizabeth's body returned. Officer Reine instructed that a video
      camera be left running on Elizabeth for a record.
          "Good morning Miss Roucheunce." officer Reine brought some raw hamburger to Elizabeth.
      She ate it with a fork. "Where?" Elizabeth looked about and quickly surmised her situation.
      "I didn't .. I don't know what the hell is happening to me." she sobbed. "I am placing you under
      arrest for the disappearance of Jay Roucheunce. You have a right to legal council. Do you
      understand me Miss Roucheunce?" Reine had Alex standing beside her with a tranquilizer gun.
      "Yes. I would like a lawyer." Elizabeth stared at her plate of raw hamburger. "On the cot to your
      right are clothing; put them on. We will have a doctor here to examine you. Good day Miss
      Roucheunce." Officer Reine stepped back from the cell, never taking her hand off her holster.

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                                                    A Baby has no Ideas


              "Have you made any omission of guilt?" Casey Hicks was a very dedicated public
      assistant. "No. I want to go outside." Elizabeth was pacing in her cell. "What did the doctor
      have to say?" Mrs. Hicks motioned to the guard, "I want all the doctor's notes." Elizabeth
      was becoming more agitated as the sun set. "Oh? He took some blood." she pointed to the
      bandage on her right arm. "I will ask for a psychological analysis." Casey passed a note to
      the guard. "Mrs. Roucheunce.." the lawyer was interrupted by Elizabeth's roar. Casey had
      witness shocking behavior before, but Elizabeth's transformation left her speechless.
      A panther rammed against the cell door. Casey took a sip of her Dr. Pepper. "Insanity?"
      officer Reine had stepped up beside her. "Can a panther be tried for murder?" Casey replied
      and jotted notes. "It is Voodoo. The bayou got her." Rev. LaPoint bellowed.He had been asked to
      the parish as an adviser. "Black devil! Let that girl go!" the Rev. shouted and sprinkled Holy
      Water on the enraged cat. "My client did not ask for an Exorcism. Are we having a Witch trial?"
      Casey stood in front of the Reverend with her chest thrust out. She was barely a hundred pounds,
      but an officer of the court.
            The panther flipped and spun about its cell. The sink came off and shattered.
      The panther reached out at Casey's back. The Reverend pushed her aside and smashed
      the chair across its arms. "Yeah! You don't like that. You'll do know harm here. I guarantee."
      Rev. LaPoint was a portly man and had been known to toss a sinner into repentance.
      Elizabeth reappeared. Her arms were bloodied. "This is torture! I want this lunatic removed!"
      Casey demanded that Elizabeth's arms be attended to. "Mrs. Hicks I will decide, who will
      stay. And no one is entering that cell at night." Officer Reine words were final.
      "Elizabeth. Are you Elizabeth?" the Reverend spoke softly. "I am Elizabeth Patrova." she
      answered, while licking her arms. "Do you want to be free of this Devil?" the Reverend pressed.
      "I don't care! I can feel pleasures, a woman can never feel. They are in me; warm and silent."
      she growled and bared her fangs. "I am Serbian. You will never break me." her words were
      cold. "By the living God that made you; you will submit!" the Reverend shouted and sprinkled more
      Holy Water on Elizabeth. Lighting sparked about Elizabeth, "I will not be your beast of burden!"
      The bars of the cell fell. The panther was loose. Reine drew her pistol. Two tranquilizer darts
      struck the panther in the chest and belly. Reine had requisitioned a tranquilizer pistol.
      Elizabeth was carried  to a concrete room with only one steel door.

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                                                          De-evolution


              "I tell you. That girl's been bewitched, by the spirits. She's de-evoluted. Nothin is
        going save her; excepts Ma Lenion."  said Ralph docilely. He was under arrest for
        driving while intoxicated. Officer Sage knew the witch doctor he was talking about.
        She had been arrested on many controlled substance offenses, such as moonshining.
        "I think you might be right Mr. Duecet. I'll pay your doctor a visit." Sage smiled and locked
        the cell door on Ralph...
                "It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing." Ralph sang and lay back on his cot.
        The soul is a simple thing. It only wants to be. The body needs to survive. Somewhere,
        there is a conscience. Sage arrested Ma Lenion. She was polite and offered her
        unique skills for Elizabeth. "Misses Reucheunce or Miss Potrova?" Ma Lenion spoke
        at the sliding peep hole; "Do you wish to speak?" Elizabeth giggled. "Did the bees sting
        you?" Ma Lenion continued. "All over.. and my .. it burned." Elizabeth slapped on the
        door. "Ah-you got bit. This magic is in the blood. Listen. It can't touch your spirit. Nothing
        can without your permission. They got you good. They got your body. You have to fight
        for it. Think of something a prayer or song; to make you whole." Ma Lenion put her right hand
        on the steel door and prayed. "I like ..." Elizabeth's voice turned to a growel. Ma lenion prayed
        harder.+
                A small voice sang;

                                                  "Frere Jacques
                                                  Frere Jacques
                                                  Dormez-vous?
                                                  Dormez-vous?
                                                  Sonnez les matines.
                                                  Sonnez les matines.
                                                  Ding, ding, dong.
                                                  Ding, ding, dong."

                Officer Reine pointed to the monitor hanging from the ceiling. It showed a black panther
      sitting behind the steel door. Ma Lenion smiled a toothy smile. Her teeth were very white against
      her black skin. Reine stepped back and placed her hand on her holster. She could see the
      witch doctor's fangs. "Now you know. It is not hopeless." Ma Lenion said. Reine looked at the
      monitor. The panther was looking directly at the camera.


                                                  Pa-Papa-Um-Mow-Mow


              "Who ordered the side of beef?" Muzzy asked, while holding the side over his shoulder.
      There was a roar from the back of the police station. "Is that a lion?" he queeried.
      "I asked for halves. Can you chop that up?" Officer Reine looked tired. "I.. guess. I've got a
      cleaver in the truck." Muzzy dropped the side of beef on Reine's desk and went back to
      get his cleaver from his meat truck. "We have to move these cat women to animal control.
      They should be in a zoo." Sage said. "That would violate their human rights. Do  you want the
      N.A.A.C.P. suing us?" Reine answered, while trying to tug some paper work out from under
      the beef on her desk. "Got it!" Muzzy swung and chopped the side of beef into halves on
      Reine's desk. "Jesus! Watch where you chop!" Sage pulled Reine back from her desk.
      She was still seated in her wood swivel chair. The wheels on the chair squealed.
      "Can I see what your feeding?" Muzzy asked with an open mouth toothy smile.
      "Sure. You can feed them." Sage smiled back and walked Muzzy to the holding cells.
      "Ma Lenion! Hey!" Muzzy smiled at the witch doctor. "Oh? Is that for me?" she replied.
      Sage took a half of beef and tossed it into her cell. She tore at with her fangs.
      The other half was slipped under the steel door of the maximum security lock up.
      There was a roar and tearing of meat inside the lock up. "Muzzy? Did you try that medicine
      for your cough?" Ma Lenion asked. "Yes-mom. It works." Muzzy winked back. ..
            Dr. Alex Rod studied the monitor of the panther. "Metemphyschosis?" he muttered
      and scratched at his note pad with his pencil. "Apokatastaisis!" the doctor exclaimed.
      "She's shape shifter." Muzzy said. "Oh? I hadn't noticed. When did you bathed?" the
      doctor snapped his pencil on his pad. Muzzy shrugged, "What kind of doc are you?"
      Alex looked blankly at Muzzy, "Endocrinologist." Muzzy shrugged, "She needs a good
      spirit guider to show her how to friendly." Muzzy peeked through the slot in the steel door.
      Elizabeth was herself and naked. She winked at Muzzy. "Fascinating. Do you know the
      energy required to cause this metamorphosis? Her electrolytes must be super cells."
      the doctor scribbled. "Hey. You think we could see a movie sometime at the cinema?"
      Muzzy asked Elizabeth. "I think; I'm stuck here." she smiled and pinched the corner of
      her left jaw. "Cassy a good mouth piece. She'll cut you loose." Muzzy tapped on the door
      and slid a can of beer under the door.

                              "When the darkness comes
                              You know the sun will rise.
                              When the beasts come
                              You know the law.
                              Age after age
                              the kingdom come."
     
      Ma Lenion spoke from her cell. Muzzy smiled and winked at her.
      "I need a DNA electroscopic analysis." Dr. Rod muttered and snapped another pencil.

      *666*


                                                Bail

            "You fucked up!" Mel Gibson shouted at the dispatcher; "I want my
      sister in law released!" "Mr. Gibson, your sister is a menace. She's too
      dangerous to be released." Reine said. Mel put his right hand to his
      forehead, "Honey. My meds." The slender young woman searched her
      purse and produced the pink pills. Mel took a hand full. "I want to speak
      with my sister." Irena said. "Cookie, wait for the lawyer." Mel was calmer.
      "This way." Reine arched her back. She had a large bosom. Irena peered
      down the hallway to the steel door of lock up. She grabbed hold of Mel's
      hand. They could hear scratching behind the door. "Elizabeth?" Irena's
      voice wavered. "Moya Sestra?" a whisper came from behind the door.
      Irena ran to the door and pressed herself against it.
            Casey Hicks had arrived and was speaking with Mel. "Cookie.
      We have a transfer to Berkley University Zoo." Mel gave a jack o lantern
      smile. Irena wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on both
      cheeks. "This is not a medical thing. She got a demon and she's needs
      to learn how to ride it." Ma lenion said. Mel looked into the witch doctor's
      eyes. She transformed into a black panther. "Jesus!" Irena clung to him.
      "She's coming too! We need all the help we can get!" Mel shouted and
      pointed. His eyes were glassy. "Oh? I've already typed up her paper work.
      A rit for moonshing." Reine said and rubbed the back of her head.
      "Clearly, she has the same need for treatment. I'm amending my petition."
      Casey said and scribbled some notes on her paper work.
            "We will see you in court." Mr. Gibson said and sucked on a lollipop.
      Irena whispered to her sister through the peep hole, "I will bring you clothes."
      Elizabeth smiled, "I don't need them."

      "From the center which we call the race of men
        their comes a thunder of beasts."
        (Bhagavad Gita)

   
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          Venesa was a zoologist. "This is the greatest scientific discover,
      since the missing link!" her eyes popped out as she spoke. She had a
      wide forehead and narrow jaw very much like a leemar. "Her cell stinks!"
      Trina the local prostitute had been locked in the cell next to Ma Lenion.
      The black panther paced, staring at Venesa. "I'm her lawyer. And she
      is not a lab animal." Casey Hicks said. Casey looked like a tomboy in
      her jeans and plaid shirt. "Oh? Well, I have a note of adjudication. .."
      Venesa presented the note to Mrs. Hicks. "That's bullshit!" Mel Gibson
      screeched and snatched the note from Casey. "God dam.. lawyers!
      What the hell good are you?" Mel was having a fit. "Suck on my thumb."
      Irena put her thumb in Mr. Gibson's mouth. He suckled.
          A storm thundered outside in the night. The lights went out.
      The panthers roared and there was a crash of the cell door collapsing;
      screams and gun fire followed. "Do you hear deep breathing?" Venesa
      whispered. The main entrance was open as torrential rain poured into
      the police station. "Oh, God. They're loose." Officer Reine sighed and
      lit a kerosene lamp. The two panthers were laying on the floor at her desk
      giggling. She quickly drew her gun: "Get back to your cells!"
      Elizabeth and Ma lenion appeared and walked slowly to Trina's cell.
      "Hey-hey! Not in my cell!" Trina shouted and peed herself. "Miss Bronson
      you are released from any charges. You may go." Reine opened the cell
      door waved the happy hooker out. The two cat women walked in and sat the
      cot, licking each others face. Mel sucked harder on his girl friends thumb.
      Reine locked the cell door and chained it with padlocks. "This is getting
      too dangerous. I'm calling the FBI." Reine sat down on her squeaking wooden
      swivel chair and dialed.+

      {Book IV, Sutra 7, 8}
      Bhagavad Gita


                                        The Big Picture


          "The dianetics of the deranged mind can be triggered by the smallest
      affront. Give me the child of seven and I will give you the man. What is
      this metamorphosis? Is it biological or environmental? I'd like to speak
      to the .. subjects." Federal Agent Larry said. Elizabeth was in her panther,
      but Ma Lenion sat quietly on the cot. "Madam Lenion it is with deep regret
      that I must speak with you in this manner. I know you are an intelligent and
      gentle woman, but we are but mortals and must play our role upon this stage."
      Larry smiled. Ma Lenion giggled, "I wish I had my clothes, but they got
      torn. You must think me mad. It's all going to be all right. What do you need
      to know?" Agent Larry pulled his chair up to the cell door: seated with the
      back of the chair in front to rest his folded arms.
          "Your beauty is beyond the need for clothes. What is this panther you
      become? Are you able to control it?" Larry spoke softly. Ma Lenion tilted
      her head coyly and smiled, bearing her fangs. "It is the makings of all things.
      All living things share the same mother. They come from the Mia.
      The land, the sea, the fire, the air is in us all. There are ancient people,
      who live now in spirit. They give the magic back to those, who listen."
      Ma Lenion said and stretched her arms out. Her arms turned to a panther's.
      She laughed, "I am Jamaican, like Titchiba from Salem. The Judge tried
      to kill her for her witchcraft. But, she was too powerful. You can not
      cage me. But, I will help you understand the magic." Larry nodded his
      head. Then, stood up and walked back to Reine's desk.
            "We will need a total diagnosis on these women. All things change
      in a dynamic environment.. . a fragment of advaita vedanta phenomenology.
      The tricky part is moving them. How long can they be tranquilized?"
      Larry looked directly at Reine's large breasts which were to his right.
      Reine adjusted her bra and dialed animal control.

      "Dear Julia Roberts,

              I saw you on the cover of my Entertainment Weekly magazine
      and fell instantly in love. Your smile is like a ...." (RING!).

      Muzzy put down his pencil, "Animal Control no critter is too small or
      big for us. Oh? Hi Reine. Need to move them? Right! I'll be there
      tomorrow at eleven. I'll bring a side of beef with tranqs."
      Muzzy looked at his love letter, "Your smile is like a sizzling steak."
      He felt hungry and didn't want to cook. "I guess I need some fast food.
      I'll get me some Shunk's/Chunks. You can't beat a juicy burger."

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                                    Covenant of Love


              "Sad. How folks can get so messed up." Muzzy said.
      "Yeah, like these two. I've been thinking. What if we took a detour?
      Maybe, Ma Lenion's place?" Alex turned the animal control van off
      the highway onto a dirt road. "Yah-know, I think you've got a brainstorm."
      Muzzy smiled and sipped his Dr Pepper. The two panthers began to
      sture in the cage in the back of the van. Ma Lenion's place was far
      back in the bayou. Her home was on pylons and gators swam underneath.
      "Would you like some cider?" Ma Lenion asked through the grill behind
      the driver's seat. "I can always use some spirits." Alex smiled and turned
      into the drive. "Well? Go let them out." Alex said to Muzzy.
      Muzzy looked nervous, "Why don't you do it? Your the one with the
      badge." Alex leaned over to Muzzy, "That's why your doing it. I'm holding
      the tranquilizer gun." Muzzy swallowed hard and walked slowly to
      the back of the van. He opened the doors, then the cage door inside
      and ran back to the passenger seat in the van. "Never saw you move
      so fast." Alex laughed. "I thought his pants were on fire." Ma Lenion said
      as she stood outside Alex' window. "Come inside and have some cider."
      she gave a toothy smile and walked to her home with a panther beside
      her. "We go now?" Muzzy looked fearfully at Alex. Alex turned the
      motor off and got out of the van. He walked up to the witch doctor and
      rubbed the panther's head and waved Muzzy to follow.

                  "Closer is God than breathing, nearer than hands and feet."
      Muzzy prayed and stepped out of the van.+


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                                              Rainbow

      The Rolling Stones played on Ma Lenion's phonograph: She's a Rainbow,
  "She comes in colors everywhere. She's like a rainbow. Have you seen her
  dressed all in gold?" Alex had transformed into a python. Muzzy sipped his
  Dr. Pepper. "Muzzy? Don't you want to play?" Elizabeth asked with her
  human head on her panther. "Don't you think this will be the first place
  they will come?" Muzzy answered as an orangutan and sipped some
  moonshine. "Of course; don't you ting I expect them?" Ma Lenion waved
  a headless chicken over her alter and rang a bell. Render onto Ceasar
  the things that are Ceasar's. Ma Lenion was a true believer and would
  not except the jurisdiction of Jerusalem. There was the sound of sirens and wheels
  speeding over the dirt road. "Now, we see some law." Ma Lenion smiled.
  Muzzy peeked out through the silk drapes. "Five O!" Muzzy Burped and
  scratched his orangutan bald head.
    A mist came off the bayou. The squad cars were obscured except for
  their spinning red lights. Reine stepped out and barked into her walkie.
  She had the head of a jackal. She put her walkie back in its holster and
  and ran her hands over her face and long black ears. Sage ran over and
  jumped back. He fell on all fours and roared as black bear. Alex slizzered
  out on the veranda with Ma Lenion and Elizabeth both in their panther.
  Muzzy slapped his orangutan' belly with both hands and stood beside
  the python. Reine pulled her gun. "Hold your fire.. . . officer." agent Larry
  stood in front of Reine in a hazmat suite. The FBI had arrived in vans
  and biohazard suits. Reine barked and put her gun away. "Very impressive
  but this is a new millennium. We know the science of things." Larry spoke
  on a megaphone to the four creatures on the veranda. "First come Aries,
  then Pisces and Aquarius, then Capricorn... the goat." Ma Lenion answered
  in her human form. Larry nodded and looked about at the lights in the mist.
  "Get back in the vans!" he shouted with his megaphone. It was too late.

                      "Every knight has a chink
                      in his armor."
                     
  The Feary voices giggled. The red suited agents swatted at the lights as
  they stung them. A dozen timber wolves leapted out their red suits.
  Ma Lenion laughed, "When the planets are aligned with the sun, the race
  of Adam will be under the goat. It is a great time to party!" Muzzy raised
  his jelly jar for more cider. Ma Lenion laughed and filled his glass,
  "Go swing in the tree my little goyim." Muzzy took his glass and climbed
  a tree.+

                    "In those days of desolation the largest cities will be
              depopulated, and he who returns therein shall be struck by
              the wrath of God."(Matt 24:19)

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                                                          Intuit the Way



          Do you like to wade along a shallow stream?
          On the banks and nodding over the water are the lovely
          flowers of the Jewelweed.
          This plant is a favorite of the humming birds
          and they will often be seen darting from flower to flower
          gathering the sweet nectar.
          Some people call it Touch-me-not, because the ripe seedpod
          burts at the slightest touch.
          Look under the Jewelweed.
          There you will find the sky blue sprays of Forget-me-nots.
          They like the wet, cool soil by a stream in partially shaded spots
          and will even root their stems in water.

                      Julia Roberts lissened to the CD on bayou flowers as she drove to
          Jerusalem to meet Muzzy. She had been impressed with his love letter and thought
          a suprise visit to one of her fans would be fun. Of course, she was riding in a Gray Hound
          bus, converted into her privite SUV with an dozen body guards. Agent Larry's van spead out
          of the dirt road nearly coliding with Julia's bus. "What the fuck?!" Julia shouted .. .
          Agent Larry had called for a gas bombing of Ma Lenion's estate. His van careened off
          the road into the drainage trench. "Grrrr." Larry growled. "Oh. Stop the bus. Go see if they
          need help." Julia grumbled. She was a pampered Hindu and easily loss her temper.
          "Guards?" Larry looked increduosly at the men helping him out of his van. He looked at
          himself in the driver's side mirror. Had he been infected? "He's a FBI agent." one the
          guards explained to Julia. She adjusted her pillows on the emperor size bed in the back
          of the bus. "Well. Take him where he needs to go." she waved the guard away, before
          he could shut the door Larry stepped in. "Mrs. Roberts. There is a major hazordous
          disastor back down that dirt road. I insist you move this bus as quickly as possible to
          Jerusalem. Julia nibbled a bread stick, while laying on her belly with a pink pillow under
          her breasts. She only had a teddy panty on. "O.K. floor it." she bit the bread stick in half
          and sat up on her heels. "You want some?" she asked, handing Larry the other half.
          Larry took the bread stick and ate, then held Julia tightly as he kissed her open mouth.
          Julia laughed and wrapped her long legs about his waist. Larry could not believe how fierce
          his sex drive was. Julia was panting with extacy. She screamed. The agent had grown horns
          like a ram. The guards bursted in. "No! No. Its alright. Its magnificent!" Julia squeeled and
          ran her fingers over the ridges of Larry's horns. He was hung like an ox and Julia was frothing.
          "Err. We should be in Jerusalem soon." a guard muttered as he left.
          Julia pressed the button on the CD player:


          Here is another tall plant, taller than the wild Asters.
          It holds its light yellow flowers, like a candle, high on a stout stem.
          There is a cluster of large soft leaves at the roots.
          Only a few flowers open at a time.
          Adam's flannel is another name for the Great Mullein.


          Julia giggled.

          :)


                                                                                          Secret One

              "Hi. I-um have a problem." the caller said.
              "O.K. what's your name?" Dr. Laura asked.
              "Well. I've got a date and.. I don't think I'm ready for it." the caller continued.
              "Don't be shy. You'll never know your potential, if you don't try." Dr. Laura answered and
              adjusted the volume on her head set.
              "I'm having trouble hearing you. Could you speak up?" Dr. Laura queeried.
              "I'm in the bayou. The reception here isn't good. I-um.. look funny...." the caller's voice faded.
              "You must be honest with your date. How funny?" Dr. Laura giggled.
              "Like an orangutan." the caller answered with a snort.
              Dr Laura laughed, "You should see my husband! Honestly! That's the key.
              But, you never gave your name."
              "Muzzy. I got a tex on my cell phone from Julia Roberts. She wants a date." Muzzy answer fell on silence.
              "Hello?" he continued.
              "Oooo.K ... I guess the Howard Stern crowd is here." Dr. Laura cut Muzzy's call off.
              "Geeeze! What a wack job. I hate orangutans. .. I guess my advice Muzzy is go for it!
              Mrs. Roberts is married, but probably suffering a mid-life crissis, like most actresses of her age.
              She'll jump at an interspecies date!" she cackled.


              "The being inside you says 'I am you.'
              But, there are a string of lives that pass
              through you that you must look at with
              closed eyes.
              Try to live to see this!"
              (A poem by Kabir, 15th century)


              ~~~
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                                                                                Luisiana Zoo


                      Elizabeth reclined in a lounge chair. She was wearing a black bikini.
            A five year old boy tugged at his mother's arm. "Why's she in the cage?" he asked.
            Maryam was startled to see Elizabeth in a cage of panthers. She ran to a guard.
            "Th-that lady is in danger!" the mother gasped and pointed at the panther cage.
            "Its a profesional .. lion tamer. Just enjoy your stay." the guard smiled and patted the boy on his head.
            Elizabeth could hear them with her hightened cat senses. She felt like playing with them.
            "What is your boy's name?" she asked with a Monalisa smile.
            The mother stepped up to the railing in front of the cage, "Ehm.. Mazin."
            "That is a very nice name. It means rain clouds. Do you like the rain?" Elizabeth smiled at the little boy.
            He hid behind his mother, peeking out at her. His mother blessed herself and pulled her veil up.
            Elizabeth laughed and bared her fangs, transforming into a panther.
            "Why does God allow it?" she growled. The mother picked her boy up and ran.

            Reflections:

            "to eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood."(John 4:49)
            To eat the flesh was a familiar figure of speach among the Jews of old,
            as it is common figure of speach among the Arabs of today, but it always
            means to do someone serious injury, especially to false prophets.
            Is it not absurd to imagine that Jesus would promise eternal life and a
            glorious resurrection to those who ate him?


            Medium, well done or rare?


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                                                          The Great Spirit


            "I'd like to know how all this happened. Our we experiencing a natural paranormal event?
          Or, is their an inteligence at work, manufacturing a genetic mutation." Lieutenant Elaine Pagels
          asked FBI agent Larry. He had returned to his normal form. "Well, will know something from
          blood tests. I can tell you this; flying saucers are real. I've seen them dismantled at Las Animas.
          There was an alien inteligence in the mist. It passed right through our hazmat suits and entered
          the body." Larry said and took a sip of water. Elaine was in command of the military base stationed
          in Louisiana outside of Jerusalem. She took a deep breath, "I want a quarantine of the district
          and I need satellite tactical control. Get me the air force on a secure line .. We have a bug hunt."
            The lieutenant sat down across from Larry, "Did you wear a condom?" Larry looked surprised and
          shook his head no. Elaine put the walki up to her red lips, "Find Julia Roberts and quarantine her."
          Julia had settled in at the Billiards Hotel. She was blissfully sleeping as a SWAT team stormed
          her room in hazmat suits.

            "You know I've been thinking a lot about destiny and God. Maybe, this is God's plan to
          save us from Armageddon by making us simple animals." Muzzy said while scratching his
          orangutan belly. Alex coiled around a tree in the next cage. "Hmmmm that's quite a leap
          of faith. Most religions predict the ascent of man to Heaven." Alex hissed in his python.
          "Now, now Muzzy is very close to the truth." Ma Lenion said; "You see all life is connected
          the land and see and air. We all came from the Great Mother; Mia. Earth.
          Think of yourself as an angel sent by God to show the people they are connected to all
          living things." She was herself again sitting with Elizabeth amongst the panthers.
          Doctor Delaney had been listening in a booth behind the cages.
          He picked up the phone and called Lt. Pagels; "They're conversing. I think Ma Lenion might
          know the catalyst behind this phenomena."
          "O.K. Will start with her." Lt Pagels put down the phone and rubbed her eyes.
          "And the image of the beast was like a lion, but not a lion." she sighed... .
          "Are we looking for demons?" Larry chuckled.
          Eliane smiled back and nodded her head slowly yes.


          Reflections:

          People can believe anything. The question should not be can you believe it, but what
          evidence do you have to support your assertion.
          Cicero wrote that nothing was too absurd for philosophers. Skepticism about the God's
          lead to widespread superstition, soothsayers and magicians were a lucrative profession.
          Plato, argued in favour of slavery for the uneducated brute laborers and recommended the
          killing of sickly children and tolerated promiscuity for breeding.
         
          ???

                                                            Dominion


                "We live in time, life begins at a certain moment on a particular day and ends at a
          precise moment. In the living there are echoes of the past in familiar places. The ghost can
          have as real an impact as the living. In my mind I see the ghosts. I see the child that never
          was born and the old ones, who did not want to cross over. Take a single moment to
          remember that somewhere in the darkness the ghosts are waiting to be reborn."
          Ma Lenion spoke softly with a gentle smile. Lt Pagels jerked her kneck and cracked her
          knuckles. "Doctor. Twenty FBI agents are in a cage in this zoo. They been altered into
          Timber Wolves. I want you to tell me how that happened." the Lt said and glared at Ma Lenion.
          "It is shape shifting. God can make anything out his mind. Do you believe in God?"
          Ma Lenion answered and her shackles slipped off. The guards drew their guns on the
          Witch Doctor. Lt Pagels waved them back. "What is the purpose of this magic?" she asked.
          "God reaches out for a lover and in a single moment there is an irrevocable joining."
          Ma Lenion reached over to Lt. Pagels. She recoiled, "Is this judgement day?"
          "We live in the mind of God. God dreams are eternal. Do not be affraid of a dream."
          the Witch doctor's answere gave the Leuitenant a chill.
              "Will someone one give me a cell phone?!" Julia Roberts was red faced enraged.
          She had been locked in a vaccume sealed plexi glass cell. She ran her hand over her
          face and beard. She hadn't a stitch of clothing and screamed at the beard, then discovered
          her penis dangling between her thighs and screamed louder. "Ooooooooh, I am suing everyone!"
          she shouted to an empty room... "Apparently, the metamorphosis has changed her into a man."
          Doctor Delaney dictated into a tape recorder as he observed Mrs. Roberts through two way glass.
          "Mrs.. or should I say Mr. Roberts. Please calm yourself the transformations are temporary.
          I will make a wall reflective." Doctor Delaney spoke through the intercom and one wall became
          a mirror. "Holy Shit! I'm Jesus Christ!" Julia exclaimed and wrapped her arms about her pecks.
          "Yes. I can see a resemblence and you are circumsiced. But, no one knows what Jesus actually
          looked like. You are a Jewish man." the Doctor supressed a laugh. Julia became erect at her image.
          She slapped at her penis, "Stop it! You just stop it!" She grabbed her penis and yanked and
          then stroked it, making milk until she was bent over on her knees. "Oh, my God! Why is this
          happening to me?!" she gasped. "That's what were trying to find out. Just be patient." Dr. Delaney
          replied.


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          (V)

                                                                  ABSOLUTE MYSTERY

                       
                            "A mystery of faith is not something that is hidden. There are many mysteries of
                            nature: of atoms, molecules and living beings that are not yet known. Science,
                            through perseverance can unlock the secrets of nature. A mystery of faith is a
                            truth revealed by God, which is beyond human reason.+" Shirley MacLaine said,
                            while cradling Muzzy in her arms.

       
              Muzzy returned to his human state. Miss MacLaine held a bottle of Guinness and he suckled
            on it, resting his head on her arm. Sherley MacLaine had been called in as an adviser.
            "Miss Maclainnnne. Ahl I want to know is cahn these people be held responsible for their actions?"
            Nancy Grace inquired. Mrs. Grace was the prosecuting attorney in the district of Louisinana.
            "We walk by faith and not by sight." Mrs. MacLaine responded and continued, "These people
            have been bewitched." "Thank yuuuuuo. Mrs. MacLainnnnne." Nancy walked stiffed backed toward
            the panther cage. Elizabeth was standing at the bars in her black bikini with a toothy smile.
            "Mrs. Roucheunce. Can you tell me where your huhsband is?" Nancy Grace had a notary with her to
            record all statements. "He went fishing. I haven't seen him. I am so worried." Elizabeth made a sad face.
            "Is it true you are Serbian? And that this marriage made yuuuo an Americann citizen?" Mrs. Grace
            inquired. "I was born in Serbia and have always wanted to live in America; a land built by immigrants."
            Elizabeth responce was terse. She had married for love, not citizenship. "Tell me a little about your
            country." Nancy had a hunch.

              "In my village the people were enslaved by evil men.
              We bow down and worshiped Satan.
              Much evil was done. And some people became like
              animals." Elizabeth spoke in a child like voice.

          "Thank yuuuuo. Miss Roucheunce." Nancy Grace rolled her eyes at her notary and walked over to the
          pretzel stand. "She's insane." Nancy said to her notary as she munched. "But, there is no evidence of
          a murder." Casey Hicks replied. Nancy turned about to see Casey, "What do you want little boy?"
          Casey thrust her chest out, "I am Mrs. Roucheunce attorney!" Nancy gave a toothy smile and shook
          her hand, "Please exscuuuuuse me. It's been ah long day." Nancy took a sip of Dr. Pibb, "The press
          will get a hold of this eventually. Has Mr. Roucheunce family been notified?" Casey was taken aback,
          "No. Officer Renie should have, but no one has contacted the family." Nancy rolled her eyes at the
          pretzel vender. "Get in contact." she replied coldly and tossed her meal into a wire waiste basket.


          Reflections:  "Every living thing has a soul, even a blade of grass." Gautama Buddha.

          OBI WAN


                                                                                Julia of God


                    "If he be blind, if he be lame, if he have a crooked back: He shall not approach the altar
                    and must not defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who commands thee!" Julia Roberts
                    read from Levititicus chapter 21.


        "Miss Roberts. I am heere to help yuuuo." Nancy Grace had recieved a notice to release Julia Roberts
        from the Governor. Nancy pinched here glasses resting on her hawkish nose. "I must be certain that you
        are not contagious. Can you change back to your normal self?" Nancy asked with a sigh. A soldier walked
        up to Nancy and whispered in her right ear. Nancy roled her eyes, "I will be right back."
        A reporter from the National Enquirer was interviewing Elizabeth. "Oh-my-God" Nancy exclaimed and
        waved the guards to bring him to her. "Mr?" she queeried. "Danny Banaduchi. I work free lance for the Enquirer.
        Have you heard me on the radio?" Danny answered cricking his neck to look up at Nancy.
        "No. Mr. Banaduchi this is a matter of National Security. Could you please not report this?" Nancy Grace said
        with a pained expression. Danny laughed like a Munch Kin. "Do you want to add to your comment?" he continued
        with a smirk. "Yes. You went pass the railing to talk to Mrs. Roucheunce. So I will have tew quarentineeen yuuuuo."
        Nancy smiled back as Danny was dragged away in broad daylight in front of confused onlookers.+
        "Give him a colinic." Nancy chuckled to the soldier standing next to her.

           
                    "'And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who had been blind from birth:
                      And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man, or his
                      parents, that he should be made blind?
                      Jesus answered: Niether hath this man sinned, nor his parents;
                      but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
                      And he spat on the ground and made clay from the spittle
                      and spread the clay upon the blind man's eyes.
                      And his eyes were openned when he washed them in the pool
                      of Siloe.' the appostle John, Chapter 9." read Rev. Lapoint.

      "Da Devil can quote scripture, but he cannot speek the truth!" Reverend Lapoint shook his Bible at
      Julia Roberts, who still looked like Jesus.

      Reflections:  If God exists necessarily, he cannot fail to exist.
                          Therefore, God would exist whether the universe is orderly or chaotic.


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        V


                            In My Father's House Are Many Mansions


        Muzzy had returned to his normal self. He sat on the floor of Julia
    Robert's plexiglass cage. "Um .. can I get something to eat?" he queeried
    to the speaker phone. "ZZZZZ will bring something..fzzz." the speaker crackled.
    Muzzy smiled at Jesus, who was actual floating in midair. "Oh? Did you
    want to say something to me?" Jesus asked. "Are you Jesus?" Muzzy replied.
    "I'm not. I'm Julia Roberts. This thing that's happening... it did this to me."
    she answered and played with her genitals. "You know I was an orangutan.
    But, Shirley MacLaine changed me back." Muzzy smiled. Julia smiled back,
    "I like playing with my balls." "Oh yeah." Muzzy gave a toothy smile.
    "You know, Jesus could walk through walls." Muzzy continued. Julia stopped.
    She stepped across the floor to plexiglass and walked outside. She gave
    a big toothy smile and laughed, "Oh my God! I'm Jesus Christ!"
        "Jesus please return to your cell." Nancy Grace said over the speaker
    phone. "Just what are you going to do to stop me?" Julia shouted. Muzzy
    passed out as an invisible gas filled the room. Julia laughed louder, "Jesus
    can't be gassed!" Nancy turned to her head of security Lt Pagels, "Well?"
    Lt Pagels shrugged, "Crucify her." Security guards with nail guns and a
    life sized crucifix seized Julia. "Woa! Let's just take it down a notch." Julia
    pleaded. ..as she was escorted back to her cell. "So? They are defined by
    their character?" Doctor Delaney whispered into Nancy Grace left ear.
    "I want some hard facts. Let's nail down this virus, before we have an
    epidemic." Nancy Grace took off her jacket as she spoke. "Ah. You've
    got tiny dove wings." Lt Pagel observed on Nancy Grace back.
    "Oh, shit!" Nancy cursed and then was escorted into Julia's cell. Nancy
    sat down on the bed with her head in her hands. Muzzy sat down next
    to her and put his arm over her shoulder. "Well, now you know what your
    dealing with." Muzzy said with a smirk. "I would appreciate if you not touch
    me, since this hospital Johny has no back to it and I have no underwear."
    Nancy Grace looked directly at Muzzy's erection under his Johny.
    "Sorry." Muzzy answered and sat back down on the plexiglass floor;
    "Cute wings."


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